Nebraska's 'toilet-paper bandit' pleads guilty

[September 25, 2010]  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The so-called "toilet-paper bandit" has pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in Lincoln.

Sentencing is set Oct. 28 for 29-year-old Joshua F. Nelson, of Lincoln. Nelson made his plea Wednesday in Lincoln County District Court after an agreement with prosecutors, who had lowered the charge and dismissed a weapons count.

Nelson faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Police said Nelson concealed his face by wrapping his head with toilet paper to rob a Lincoln convenience store on April 24. He was armed with a knife, but no one was hurt in the robbery.

Prosecutor Andrew Jacobsen told the Lincoln Journal Star that on May 2 a man found a roll of coins, a knife and a prescription pill bottle with Nelson's name on it. That led investigators to Nelson.

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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com/

[Associated Press]

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